1.A FACETS analysis of rater bias in measuring Japanese second language writing performance Kimi Kondo-Brown University of Hawaii at Manoa. 2Using observation checklists to validate speaking-test tasks Barry O'Sullivan The University of Reading, Cyril J. Weir University of Surrey, Roehampton and Nick Saville University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. 3.Short texts, best-. tting curves and new measures of lexical diversity Scott Jarvis Ohio University. 4.Investigating accommodation in language pro. ciency interviews using a new measure of lexical diversity David Malvern and Brian Richards The University of Reading. 5.Book Review: The power of tests: a critical perspective on the uses of language tests ,Fred Davidson.6. The inء uence of peer feedback on selfand peer-assessment of oral skills Mrudula Patri City University of Hong Kong. 7.Context and content visuals and performance on listening comprehension stimuli April Ginther Purdue University. 8.The impact of gender in oral pro. ciency testing Kieran O'Loughlin The University of Melbourne. 9.Method effects on reading comprehension test performance: text organization and response format Miyoko Kobayashi University of Warwick. 10.Book Review: The development of a common framework scale of language proficiency Neil Jones.11.Scores on a yes-no vocabulary test: correction for guessing and response style Ineke Huibregtse, Wilfried Admiraal Utrecht University, The Netherlands and Paul Meara University of Wales Swansea, United Kingdom.12.Assessment criteria in a large-scale writing test: what do they really mean to the raters? Tom Lumley Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 13. Learner acquaintanceship and oral pro. ciency test pair-task performance Barry O'Sullivan University of Reading. 14.Doctorsب orders for language testers: the origin and purpose of ethical codes Kenneth Boyd and Alan Davies University of Edinburgh. 15. Advanced Placement International English Language (APIEL)Yeonsuk Cho 16.Book Review: The art of non-conversation: a re-examination of the validity of the oral proficiency interview Margaret E. Malone. 17. Interpretations, intended uses and designs in task-based language assessment John M. Norris. 18.Estimating the dif. culty of oral pro. ciency tasks: what does the test-taker have to offer? Catherine Elder University of Auckland, Noriko Iwashita and Tim McNamara University of Melbourne. 19.Exploring task dif. culty in ESL listening assessment Geoff Brindley and Helen Slatyer Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 20.Examinee abilities and task dif. culty in task-based second language performance assessment John M. Norris Northern Arizona University, James D. Brown, Thom D. Hudson University of Hawaii at Manoa and William Bonk University of Colorado. 21.The role of task and task-based assessment in a content-oriented collegiate foreign language curriculum Heidi Byrnes Georgetown University. 22.A computerized task-based test of second language Dutch for vocational training purposes Kris van den Branden, Veerle Depauw and Sara Gysen Catholic University of Leuven.23.Some reء ections on task-based language performance assessment Lyle F. Bachman University of California, Los Angeles.24.Design and analysis in task-based language assessment Robert J. Mislevy University of Maryland, Linda S. Steinberg and Russell G. Almond Educational Testing Service